November 9, 2005

Design Detailings: NWAIA design awards Dec. 5

The AIA Northwest chapter will present the Northwest Washington AIA design awards Dec. 5. The event will be held on the Skagit Valley College campus in Mount Vernon. More than 40 projects are featured each year.

Jurors this year include Seattle architects George Suyama of Suyama Peterson Deguchi, Jim Brown of LMN Architects and landscape architect Shannon Nichol of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol.

Doors open at 7 p.m. To buy the $15 tickets call (360) 416-7727 or (866) 624-6897.

Vote online for top projects between Nov. 22 and Dec. 4 at http://www.nwaia.org.

Walgreens hires Kleinfelder

The Deerfield, Ill.-based drugstore chain Walgreen Co. picked San Diego, Calif.-based company Kleinfelder to be the single provider of construction materials testing and quality control inspection services for the western United States.

Engineer Derek Ulehla of Kleinfelder's Denver office will lead the program, which will cover 17 western states. Three other firms will cover the central, southeast and northeast regions of the country.

Walgreens is opening about 450 stores a year, and aims to operate more than 7,000 by 2010. Kleinfelder provides engineering, technical and management services.

CDi moves in Lynnwood

The mechanical consulting firm CDi Engineers switched its Lynnwood office to 4200 194th St. S.W., Suite 200. Phone, fax and e-mail contacts remain the same. The move will accommodate more staff.

The new space is registered for certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED standard for commercial interiors.

AIA conference on Gulf Coast

AIA will hold a conference Nov. 10-12 in New Orleans on ways to rebuild areas of Louisiana damaged by recent hurricanes.

Design and planning professionals will meet with Louisiana public officials as well as civic and business groups to set long-range goals for rebuilding after hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Conference participants will look at ways to rebuild neighborhoods, considering infrastructure, economic development, and environmental and health issues.

"This conference is not intended to dictate solutions or impose a final plan, but rather to serve as the initial step that sets the stage and defines conceptual design principles," said Norman L. Koonce, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the AIA.

For information, contact Scott Frank at (202) 626-7467, or e-mail him at sfrank@aia.org.